Hydrelia sericea (Butler, 1880) -

Subspecies in India

Hydrelia sericea sericea (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hydrelia sericea pampesia Prout, 1938. India: Kashmir. 

Taxonomic Information

Hydrelia Hübner, [1825] species known from India. 
Hydrelia bicolorata (Moore, [1868]), India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia cingulata Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim/Tibet border, Yatong, 10000ft.
Hydrelia crocearia Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia ferruginaria (Moore, 1867).
Hydrelia flavilinea (Warren, 1893). India: Tonglo or Tonglu, West Bengal.
Hydrelia lineata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia marginipunctata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia ornata (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland; Nepal.
Hydrelia rhodoptera Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia rubraria Hampson, 1903. India: Sikkim/Tibet border, Yatong, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia rufigrisea (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia rufinota Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim, 12000ft.
Hydrelia sanguiflua Hampson, 1896. India: Yatong, Sikkim/Tibet border, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia sericea (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hydrelia subobliquaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia undulosata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. Noreia sericea Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6: 225. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170450#page/239/mode/1up
  2. Butler, A. G. 1886. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, Part 6, Pg. 82, Pl. 119/8. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938629#page/104/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938674#page/149/mode/1up
  3. Xue, D. and Scoble, M.J., 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology Series, 71(1), pp.77-133. Image 58 & 59. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 6/31. 
  5. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 16. 
  6. Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 56, pl. 17/6.
  7. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=597188

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Hydrelia sericea (Butler, 1880) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hydrelia-sericea, accessed 2025/08/17.